Philopatry, site tenacity, mate fidelity, and adult survival in Sabine's Gulls

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 416-423

  Stenhouse, Iain J ^a,c   Robertson, Gregory J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Audubon Alaska   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult survival; Life history; Mate fidelity; Natal philopatry; Sabine's Gull; Site tenacity; Xema sabini

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; LARIDAE; XEMA SABINI;

EID: 18844441431     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7627     Document Type: Article

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